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9781118868782 1118868781 The Handbook of Measurement Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice presents a collection of multidisciplinary readings that explore the most current techniques, procedures, and challenges relating to the measurement of criminology and criminal justice from a global perspective. Chapters are contributed from a range of experts across a variety of disciplines and include top criminologists as well as emerging scholars. Initial readings focus on the measurement of criminal typologies and include coverage of such topics as violent crime, cybercrime, sexual offending behavior, white-collar crime, human trafficking, and hate crime. The next readings cover offenders and victimization: gang crime, gendered pathways to crime, rehab and treatment programming, and various victimization studies. The most updated findings on criminal justice organizations and outcomes are covered next, and address such topics as community policing, courts and criminal processing, sentencing outcomes, correctional interventions, cost of crime, racial profiling, and others. A final set of readings go into specialized measurement techniques that deal with self-reported crime, the challenges of conducting prison interviews, spatial analyses of crime, and more. All readings feature summaries of the most recent data collection efforts relating to the topic discussed, along with an overview of current methodological work and its challenges and a look at the most promising data collection and measurement techniques on the horizon in this area. With its global scope and remarkable breadth of topic coverage, The Handbook of Measurement Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice is an essential resource for practitioners and students interested in all aspects of this increasingly important field. Book jacket., This volume of the series was designed to provide a comprehensive primer on the existing best practices and emerging developments in the study and design research on crime and criminology. The work as a whole includes chapters on the measurement of criminal typologies, the offenders, offending and victimization, criminal justice organizations, and specialized measurement techniques. Each chapter is written by experts in the field and they provide an excellent survey of the literature in the relevant area. More importantly, each chapter provides a description of the various methodological and substantive challenges presented in conducting research on these issues and denotes possible solutions to these dilemmas. An emphasis was placed on research that has been conducted outside of the United States and was designed to give the reader a broader more global understanding of the social context of research. The goal of this volume is to provide a definitive reference for professionals in the field, researchers, and students. This volume in the Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice series identifies the principal topical areas of research in this field and summarizes the various methodological and substantive challenges presented in conducting research on these issues. In each chapter, authors provide a summary of the prominent data collection efforts in the topical area, provide an overview of the current methodological work, discuss the challenges in the measurement of central concepts in the subject area, and identify new horizons emerging in data collection and measurement. We encouraged authors to discuss work conducted in an international context and to incorporate discussion of qualitative methodologies when appropriate., This volumn of the series was designed to provide a comprehensive primer on the existing best practices and emerging developments in the study and design research on crime and criminology. The work as a whole includes chapters on the measurement of criminal typologies, the offenders, offending and victimization, criminal justice organizations, and specialized measurement techniques. Each chapter is written by experts in the field and they provide an excellent survey of the literature in the relevant area. More importantly, each chapter provides a description of the various methodological and substantive challenges presented in conducting research on these issues and denotes possible solutions to these dilemmas. An emphasis was placed on research that has been conducted outside of the United States and was designed to give the reader a broader more global understanding of the social context of research. The goal of this volume is to provide a definitive reference for professionals in the field, researchers, and students. This volume in the Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice series identifies the principal topical areas of research in this field and summarizes the various methodological and substantive challenges presented in conducting research on these issues. In each chapter, authors provide a summary of the prominent data collection efforts in the topical area, provide an overview of the current methodological work, discuss the challenges in the measurement of central concepts in the subject area, and identify new horizons emerging in data collection and measurement. We encouraged authors to discuss work conducted in an international context and to incorporate discussion of qualitative methodologies when appropriate.
9781118868782 1118868781 The Handbook of Measurement Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice presents a collection of multidisciplinary readings that explore the most current techniques, procedures, and challenges relating to the measurement of criminology and criminal justice from a global perspective. Chapters are contributed from a range of experts across a variety of disciplines and include top criminologists as well as emerging scholars. Initial readings focus on the measurement of criminal typologies and include coverage of such topics as violent crime, cybercrime, sexual offending behavior, white-collar crime, human trafficking, and hate crime. The next readings cover offenders and victimization: gang crime, gendered pathways to crime, rehab and treatment programming, and various victimization studies. The most updated findings on criminal justice organizations and outcomes are covered next, and address such topics as community policing, courts and criminal processing, sentencing outcomes, correctional interventions, cost of crime, racial profiling, and others. A final set of readings go into specialized measurement techniques that deal with self-reported crime, the challenges of conducting prison interviews, spatial analyses of crime, and more. All readings feature summaries of the most recent data collection efforts relating to the topic discussed, along with an overview of current methodological work and its challenges and a look at the most promising data collection and measurement techniques on the horizon in this area. With its global scope and remarkable breadth of topic coverage, The Handbook of Measurement Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice is an essential resource for practitioners and students interested in all aspects of this increasingly important field. Book jacket., This volume of the series was designed to provide a comprehensive primer on the existing best practices and emerging developments in the study and design research on crime and criminology. The work as a whole includes chapters on the measurement of criminal typologies, the offenders, offending and victimization, criminal justice organizations, and specialized measurement techniques. Each chapter is written by experts in the field and they provide an excellent survey of the literature in the relevant area. More importantly, each chapter provides a description of the various methodological and substantive challenges presented in conducting research on these issues and denotes possible solutions to these dilemmas. An emphasis was placed on research that has been conducted outside of the United States and was designed to give the reader a broader more global understanding of the social context of research. The goal of this volume is to provide a definitive reference for professionals in the field, researchers, and students. This volume in the Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice series identifies the principal topical areas of research in this field and summarizes the various methodological and substantive challenges presented in conducting research on these issues. In each chapter, authors provide a summary of the prominent data collection efforts in the topical area, provide an overview of the current methodological work, discuss the challenges in the measurement of central concepts in the subject area, and identify new horizons emerging in data collection and measurement. We encouraged authors to discuss work conducted in an international context and to incorporate discussion of qualitative methodologies when appropriate., This volumn of the series was designed to provide a comprehensive primer on the existing best practices and emerging developments in the study and design research on crime and criminology. The work as a whole includes chapters on the measurement of criminal typologies, the offenders, offending and victimization, criminal justice organizations, and specialized measurement techniques. Each chapter is written by experts in the field and they provide an excellent survey of the literature in the relevant area. More importantly, each chapter provides a description of the various methodological and substantive challenges presented in conducting research on these issues and denotes possible solutions to these dilemmas. An emphasis was placed on research that has been conducted outside of the United States and was designed to give the reader a broader more global understanding of the social context of research. The goal of this volume is to provide a definitive reference for professionals in the field, researchers, and students. This volume in the Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice series identifies the principal topical areas of research in this field and summarizes the various methodological and substantive challenges presented in conducting research on these issues. In each chapter, authors provide a summary of the prominent data collection efforts in the topical area, provide an overview of the current methodological work, discuss the challenges in the measurement of central concepts in the subject area, and identify new horizons emerging in data collection and measurement. We encouraged authors to discuss work conducted in an international context and to incorporate discussion of qualitative methodologies when appropriate.